Basketball

Many dream, but only few get the opportunity to play the game they love for a living. After a successful four years stepping on the court for the Ohio State women’s basketball program, Ameryst Alston will now have the chance to do just that. Alston, ...

The past is the past, and the Ohio State women’s basketball team is looking to put last season behind them and turn toward getting better before play resumes in the fall. With the 2015-16 season ending with a 78-62 loss to the Tennessee Lady Vols ...

When it rains, it pours on the Ohio State men’s basketball team. For the third time in two days, a freshman has left the program after a lone year in Columbus. On Monday, it was center Daniel Giddens. Then, forward Mickey Mitchell said goodbye a day ...

Mickey Mitchell’s time at Ohio State began a few weeks late, and it is ending a few years early. According to multiple media reports first published by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, the freshman forward will seek a transfer from the OSU men’s basketball program ...

Daniel Giddens, a freshman on the Ohio State men’s basketball team, asked for his release from the program Monday and is expected to transfer, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. An OSU spokesman confirmed to The Lantern that Giddens requested to be released. ...

The Ohio State women’s basketball team’s season might have ended Friday in the Sweet 16, but its star player was honored as one of the nation’s sweet five on Monday. Sophomore guard Kelsey Mitchell, finishing off a very successful follow-up to her AP second-team All-American ...

The last time the Tennessee and Ohio State women’s basketball teams met before Friday was in the 2011 NCAA Sweet 16 round. Fast forward five years to Friday night, and the two had a rematch in that very same rebound. The No. 7 seed Lady ...

The Craft family legacy at Ohio State has finally reached the end of the road. After 103 starts wearing scarlet and gray, following her older brother Aaron’s 112, senior guard Cait Craft will miss the remainder of the women’s basketball team’s season — however many ...

After a crazy four days of basketball this past weekend, we have reached the Sweet 16. In this year’s men’s basketball tournament, we have already seen arguably the most shocking upset in tournament history, an improbable collapse, buzzer beaters and some questionable calls in the ...

The top teams in the nation continue to dwindle, and now only 16 squads remain in the field for the 2016 NCAA women’s basketball tournament. One of the last units standing, No. 3 seed Ohio State, is looking to take control in its matchup with ...